Police release 911 call from Texas Christmas Day massacre

Police released a 911 call believed to be from the accused shooter in the Grapevine massacre, adding more details to what lead up to the deadly shooting.

After all the family members had been shot, police believe 56-year-old Aziz Yazdanpanah called 911 and then shot himself, according to a WFAA story.

“On the recording, we discovered that the caller, whom we believe to be Aziz, additionally saying ‘I am shooting people’ after he said ‘Help… Help.’” said Grapevine police spokesman Lt. Todd Dearing in a statement that accompanies the tape. “The newly discovered audio was not heard on the original audio software over many playbacks, and was not heard/understood by the Dispatcher who took the call on Sunday.”

Investigators say Yazdanpanah, who had marital and financial problems, killed his estranged wife, their two teenage children, his wife’s sister, his brother-in-law and his niece on Christmas day before turning the gun on himself.

They were at an apartment in the Dallas-Fort Worth suburb of Grapevine, where his wife and children had been staying.

Yazdanpanah’s niece, 22-year-old Sara Fatemeh Zarei, sent a text to a friend just before 11 a.m. saying they had arrived at the apartment and that Yazdanpanah was there.

“Soo we’re here. We just got here and my uncle is here too. Dressed as Santa. Awesome,” she said in one text.

At 11:15 a.m. she texted, “Now he wants to be all fatherly and win father of the year.”